Direct observation of molecular images of lanthanide phthalocyanines: III. Structural defects

✍ Scribed by Zhang, W. P. ;Kuo, K. H. ;Dorset, D. L. ;Hou, Y. F. ;Ni, J. Z.

• Book ID: 102889210
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 921 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0741-0581
• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1060110411

✦ Synopsis

The crystal imperfections in thin films of lanthanide phthalocyanines (LnPc2H, Ln= Nd, Tb, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) grown epitaxially on KC1 have been observed by molecular imaging. Grain and twin boundaries, stacking faults, point defects, vacancies, mosaic structures, and sometimes even some amorphous islands exist in the well-crystallized specimens. Combined with the results reported earlier, the packing characteristics of planar LnPczH molecules can be well understood.